and Stacey are off tonight. Six weeks after the massive fire at the old Younkers building - businesses are still struggling. And it's still unknown WHEN the final clean up phase will finally begin! KCCI's Ryan Smith is live tonight downtown with one restaurant owner's fight for visability amidst debris and construction equipment. The entrance to Sarpino's Pizzeria is blocked off about a half block from its front door. Foot traffic in the area has picked back up again since the fire but the owner here tells most downtown diners walk right by not even realizing they're still open. Dining downtown? How about trying a locally owned and operated pizzeria. Look, there it is ... No... behind the dumpsters... And past the scaffolding. There! There it is. 22.04 "CAN YOU EVEN TELL THAT THERE'S A PIZZA PARLOR THAT EVEN EXISTS OVER THERE? NO, IT'S COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF." Sarpino's Pizzeria has been operating within the shadows of construction equipment and debris from the old younkers building. They're open... it's just a little hard to find. 3.29 "IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HERE YOU'D NEVER SEE IT." Because the storefront is pretty much impossible to see from the outside. In fact, the only way inside... Is through the former Quizno's on the corner of 7th and Locust. 3.14 "IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CLOSING DOWN IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE." The pizza boxes are stacking up. The dining room is closed to customers. 10.26 "IT'S VERY DEPRESSING COMING IN HERE AND BEING BOARDED UP, IT'S DARK." Owner Mark Weller says he anticipated the massive fire's aftermath would burn through a portion of Sarpino's profits. Six weeks later, he reports a 50% drop in dine-in and carryout orders compared to this time last year. 6.02 "$25,000 RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE GROWTH WE HAD GOING. WE HAD SOME GROWTH, SOME INCREASES ROLLING UP UNTIL THIS HAPPENED." 13.19 "COME BACK AND SEE US AGAIN." Thankfully, he says, the business is kept afloat thanks to loyal customers and its delivery service.